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APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1918 Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

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OPENER.

Speciiication of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

Application filed May 20, 1918. Serial No. 235,512.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH R. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Southern Pines, in the county of Moore and State of NorthCarolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Openers, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an implement for facilitating'the removal ofcaps or vcovers from fruit jars or the like. From experience I havefound that a slight pressure exerted between the cover and jar,suflicient to permit of a slight passage of air between these memberspermits of the ready separation thereof, both the jar and its coverbeing frequently constructed of glass, such pressure should not be toopronounced. i

It is the object of the present invention to produce a point pryingelement loosely associated with a handle so that' the sameis susceptibleto a slight movement inward of the handle, the element being under theinmovement of the prying element with re spect to the handle, -so thatthe device may guided by. a rod 12 which is of aless length than thesleeveS). The rod 12 is received in an inner concaved or recessedportion 13 of a knob or push member'l l, the rod being secured to thesaid member 14.

It will be apparent that the spring exerting a tension against the head8permits of fiuence of a spring, the tension of which may be readilyregulated to limit the sliding 1 be successfully employedin thesuccessive steps necessitated in removing a cap or cover is formed ashank 7 that has its end headed as at 8, and this head end of the shankis received and guided by a sleeve 9 arranged longitudinally through ahandle 10. The outer end of'the sleeve 9 is closed so that the head 8cannot pass therethrough, and the head is contacted by a helical spring11 received in the sleeve 9. This spring 11 is the yielding of the wedgeor pry member 7 when the same is arranged between a jar and a covertherefor. Should it be required that the pressure between the wedge andthe jar and cover be determined or non-yielding, the operator places hishand on the outer end of the handle forcing the element 14 inward of thesleeve 9, and causing a partial contrac-' tion of the presser spring 11between the said element 14 and the head 8 of the wedge member, holdingthe wedge member against free longitudinal movement, or, in other words,locking the wedge member to the handle. 5

It is believed, from the foregoing that the simplicity and advantages ofthe construction will be apparent without further detailed description.

. Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1'. In a device for the purpose set forth, a

hollow handle, a wedge member having a headed shank received in saidhandle, a

spring element in the handle contacting with the head of the shank, alongitudinally movable presser element for said spring pro] ecb ingthrough one end of the handle, and means for limiting such longitudinalmovement of saidelement.

2. In a device for the purpose 'set forth, a wedge member provided witha headed shank, a hollow handle receiving the head of said shrank, meanson said handle for holding said shank against outward movement, a springin the handle contactmg with the head of the shank, and an elementextending through the handle and co-engaging with the spring andadapted, when moved inward of the shank to increase the pressure of thespring against the head of the shank. In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature.

.\ SARAH R. ANDERSON.

